Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Add an Oracle Base Database Service or an Oracle Exadata Database Service to a Disaster Recovery Protection Group

Learn how to add an Oracle Base Database Service or an Oracle Exadata Database Service to a Disaster Recovery (DR) Protection Group.

Note

You can only add databases of type Oracle Base Database Service deployed on bare metal or virtual machines or Oracle Exadata Database Service deployed on dedicated infrastructure as members of a DR Protection Group.

Add an Oracle Base Database Service

  1. From the Resource type menu, select Database.
  2. From the Database type list, select Oracle Base Database.
  3. Select the Database system which hosts the database to add.
  4. Select the Database home for the database to add.
  5. Select the Database to add.
  6. Select a Database password secret which contains the database password.
  7. Accept the warning that all DR Plans will be deleted.
  8. Click Add to add the database to the DR Protection Group.

Add an Oracle Exadata Database Service

  1. From the Resource type menu, select Database.
  2. From the Database type list, select Oracle Exadata on Oracle Public Cloud.
  3. Select the VM cluster which hosts the Exadata database to add.
  4. Select the Database home for the database to add.
  5. Select the Database to add.
  6. Select a Database password secret which contains the database password.
  7. Accept the warning that all DR Plans will be deleted.
  8. Click Add to add the database to the DR Protection Group.
Note

Database passwords stored as Secrets (in the Vault Service) are only retrieved and used when performing database DR operations such as switchover or failover. They are not stored locally anywhere within the Full Stack Disaster Recovery Service. To setup a Vault with a Secret, see Preparing Oracle Databases for Full Stack Disaster Recovery.